Author Topic: SS - upload all at once or slowly? (Read 3688 times)

Woodland · « **on:** January 24, 2017, 20:52 »

Hi, recently a friend of mine told me about microstock so I decided to give it a shot and registered on Shutterstock. My question is, is it better to upload a lot of photos (by a lot I mean tens) or rather slowly build my portfolio? It might be better to demonstrate on an example:
you have 100 photos (for the sake of argument, let's say all of them would be approved), is it better to upload all of them within a week or over months?

marthamarks · « **Reply #1 on:** January 24, 2017, 20:57 »

Quote from: Woodland on January 24, 2017, 20:52

Hi, recently a friend of mine told me about microstock so I decided to give it a shot and registered on Shutterstock. My question is, is it better to upload a lot of photos (by a lot I mean tens) or rather slowly build my portfolio? It might be better to demonstrate on an example:
you have 100 photos (for the sake of argument, let's say all of them would be approved), is it better to upload all of them within a week or over months?

"Tens" of photos uploaded to Shutterstock are not going to make a drop in the bucket. Do whatever is most convenient for you, because it's not going to matter much.

jonbull · « **Reply #2 on:** January 25, 2017, 08:57 »

Quote from: Woodland on January 24, 2017, 20:52

Hi, recently a friend of mine told me about microstock so I decided to give it a shot and registered on Shutterstock. My question is, is it better to upload a lot of photos (by a lot I mean tens) or rather slowly build my portfolio? It might be better to demonstrate on an example:
you have 100 photos (for the sake of argument, let's say all of them would be approved), is it better to upload all of them within a week or over months?

you should ask why upload? 100 photos nowadays means what...10 dollar probably in some months...if you have something incredible not found in ss, a niche market, maybe you can make some good money, if you have 100 normal photos how much you will earn? is it worth time uploading keyboarding etc? personally if i were ss i will stop any new user cause is totally waste time for everybody at this moment.

disorderly · « **Reply #3 on:** January 25, 2017, 11:08 »

With such small numbers, it doesn't matter whether you submit all at once or in little batches. As to whether microstock is worth it to you, it depends a lot on what you hope to get from it. When I started I made almost nothing; it took months before I reached double digits of dollars. But I learned a lot, both in terms of improving my basic technique and in figuring out what had a chance of being accepted and what might sell. That education kept me going for quite a while, long before my sales were anything to write home about. If that's true for you, and if you have a thick enough skin to deal with regular rejections as you learn, you might find value even if the money isn't significant. And who knows? You might be a big success. It does happen, even if it's less common than when a lot of us started.

sgoodwin4813 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 25, 2017, 15:20 »

Images on your hard drive earn you nothing so it's better to get them online rather than waiting. If you have a lot on the same subject then maybe space them out over a few weeks but otherwise I would get as many as possible where they can be bought.

Cersei · « **Reply #5 on:** January 25, 2017, 19:35 »

I started uploading about a month ago and my answer is the same: upload as much as you can. The sooner you upload, more money you will be able to earn.

More important thing than first 100 photos is to continue taking and uploading new ones.

Good luck

encrenciel · « **Reply #6 on:** January 25, 2017, 19:45 »

Quote from: disorderly on January 25, 2017, 11:08

With such small numbers, it doesn't matter whether you submit all at once or in little batches. As to whether microstock is worth it to you, it depends a lot on what you hope to get from it. When I started I made almost nothing; it took months before I reached double digits of dollars. But I learned a lot, both in terms of improving my basic technique and in figuring out what had a chance of being accepted and what might sell. That education kept me going for quite a while, long before my sales were anything to write home about. If that's true for you, and if you have a thick enough skin to deal with regular rejections as you learn, you might find value even if the money isn't significant. And who knows? You might be a big success. It does happen, even if it's less common than when a lot of us started.

Duuude where do you get thoses babes from lol!!!

nadalbg · « **Reply #7 on:** January 26, 2017, 03:15 »

I started on December 26, now I have 150 files approved and probably more than 2000 waiting on my hdd to be keyworded. Anyway, I earned 8$ for 1 month with 150 images, but most of the files got approved in the last 2 weeks so I feel it is not so bad. I will try to reach 2000 files first and will decide if I will continue working this in my free time.